>>>>>"Je ne comprends pas vraiment le français. Je sais simplement quelques expressions."
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>>>>>>"Je ne comprends pas vraiment de français. Je sais simplement quelques expressions."
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>>>>Not trying to teach my grandmother to suck eggs, and assuming you're a francophone, as i understand it wouldn't it be "...Je connais simplement quelques expressions."?
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>>>>Savoir is to know a fact, whereas connaitre is to know a thing: person, phrase, city, etc.
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>>>>eg "je sais que tu parts demain" vs "je connais votre destination" ???
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>>>When I have an on-line Voice Engine to pronouce the phrase you suggested I hear sound of "s" somewhere between "connais" and "simplement". Is it the "s" in the word "connais" or the first "s" in the "simplement"?
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>>As the rule in french, you don't pronounce a terminal consonant unless it's followed by a vowel.
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>>So you should hear "Zhe conneh saamplmahn"
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>>But "I know Achiles" would be "Zhe connehss Asheel"
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>Thank you.

BTW, a useful expression to know is "ne ... que", meaning "only", as in "I only know a few expressions" would be:

Use as you would "ne .. pas":

"Je ne connais que quelques expressions"

There's only one cake left: "Il ne nous rest qu'un gateau"